Methamphetamine Crime

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McLeod Notes:
Methamphetamine specific laws were just too late.  Pill control was crucial in stopping the manufacturing of methamphetamine, but now it simply comes in from Mexico, unfettered and in a pure amount.  Every client of mine says that in 2017 methamphetamine is only 20% or less of what it cost in 2015.  Be aware of these laws.  

Take a look at Uncle Festers "Secret of Methamphetamine Manufacture."  This book was alleged to have always been found in the "meth cook" area.  If you read into this book and it doesn't have to be very far, you will realize how complicated the science is in regards to making the drug.  

In fact, after pill control and the decline, ultimately demise of stateside manufacturing  methamphetamine, the "one pot" method was often found, well, EVERYWHERE.  There was never any evidence presented in evidence  show that it would actually be effective or successful.  By: Brendan McLeod

Oldham County Criminal Defense Attorney

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Kentucky Revised Statutes Involving Drugs

KRS 218A.1432 Manufacturing methamphetamine

Penalties (1) A person is guilty of manufacturing methamphetamine when he knowingly and unlawfully: (a) Manufactures methamphetamine; or (b) With intent to manufacture methamphetamine possesses two (2) or more chemicals or two (2) or more items of equipment for the manufacture of methamphetamine. (2) Manufacture of methamphetamine is a Class B felony for the first offense and a Class A felony for a second or subsequent offense.

KRS 218A.1437 Unlawful possession of a methamphetamine precursor  

Prima facie evidence of intent - Penalties (1) A person is guilty of unlawful possession of a methamphetamine precursor when he or she 6.2: KRS 218A.010--218A.1452 – TRAFFICKING AND POSSESSION OFFENSES 6.2.15 knowingly and unlawfully possesses a drug product or combination of drug products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine, or their salts, isomers, or salts of isomers, with the intent to use the drug product or combination of drug products as a precursor to manufacturing methamphetamine or other controlled substance. (2) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, possession of a drug product or combination of drug products containing more than nine (9) grams of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine, or their salts, isomers, or salts of isomers, within any thirty (30) day period shall constitute prima facie evidence of the intent to use the drug product or combination of drug products as a precursor to methamphetamine or other controlled substance.(b)The prima facie evidence referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection shall not apply to the following persons who lawfully possess a drug product or combination of drug products listed in subsection (1) of this section in the course of legitimate business: 1. A retail distributor of drug products or wholesaler of drug products or its agent; 2. A wholesale drug distributor, or its agent, issued a permit by the Board of Pharmacy; 3. A pharmacist licensed by the Board of Pharmacy; 4. A pharmacy permitted by the Board of Pharmacy; 5. A licensed health care professional possessing the drug products in the course of carrying out his or her profession; 6. A trained chemist working in a properly equipped research laboratory in an education, government, or corporate setting; or 7. A common carrier under contract with any of the persons or entities set out in subparagraphs 1. to 6. of this paragraph. (3) Unlawful possession of a methamphetamine precursor is a Class D felony for the first offense and a Class C felony for each subsequent offense.

KRS 218A.1438 Unlawful distribution of a methamphetamine precursor 

Penalties (1) Notwithstanding KRS 218A.1442, a person is guilty of unlawful distribution of a methamphetamine precursor when he or she knowingly and unlawfully sells, transfers, distributes, dispenses, or possesses with the intent to sell, transfer, distribute, or dispense any drug product or combination of drug products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine, or any of their salts, isomers, or salts of isomers, if the person knows that the purchaser intends that the drug product or combination of drug products will be used as a precursor to methamphetamine or other controlled substance, or if the person sells, transfers, distributes, or dispenses the drug product or combination of drug products with reckless disregard as to how the drug product or combination of drug products will be used. (2) Unlawful distribution of a methamphetamine precursor is a Class D felony for the first offense and a Class C felony for each subsequent offense. (3) In addition to the criminal penalty specified in subsection (2) of this section, or in lieu of the criminal penalty specified in subsection (2) of this section, any person who traffics in or transfers any drug product or combination of drug products specified in subsection (1) of this section intentionally or recklessly with knowledge of or reason to know that the drug product or combination of drug products will be used to illegally manufacture methamphetamine or other controlled substance shall be liable for damages in a civil action for all damages, whether directly or indirectly caused by the sale or trafficking or transfer of the drug product or drug products. (a) Damages may include, but are not limited to: 1. Any and all costs of detecting, investigating, and cleaning up or remediating unlawfully operated laboratories or other facilities for the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine or other controlled substance; 2. Costs of prosecution of criminal cases arising from the illegal sale, transfer, distribution, manufacture, or dispensing of a controlled substance or their precursors; 3. Court costs and reasonable attorney's fees for bringing this civil action; 4. Consequential damages; and 5. Punitive damages. (b) A civil action to recover damages against a person or persons violating this section may be brought by the Attorney General, an attorney of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, or by SECTION 6: DRUGS 6.2.16 any Commonwealth's attorney in whose jurisdiction the defendant may be shown to have committed an act specified in this section. (c) All moneys collected pursuant to such civil action shall be distributed in the following order: 1. Court costs and reasonable attorney's fees for bringing this civil action; 2. The reimbursement of all reasonable costs of detecting, investigating, cleaning up or remediating the laboratory or other facility utilized for manufacture of methamphetamine underlying the present judgment; 3. The reasonable costs of prosecution of criminal cases arising from trafficking in or transfer of a precursor for the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine giving rise to the present judgment; and 4. All remaining moneys shall be distributed to the General Fund.
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